The text block is made up from two distinct copies: one the one hand, the leaves of the Geographia and the Index are clear of any annotations while on the other hand, the leaves of the maps are heavily annotated, chiefly in a consistent italic hand, but other hands are present as well. One leaf in the Geographia has been clearly inserted (that before bk 8, c. 1). This inserted leaf is annotated and is kindred to the annotated leaves of the maps.

Tipped onto the leaf facing map 28 (Oceani occidentalis seu terre nove tabula) is a typewritten English translation of six ms. Latin annotations on this map of the New World.

Ownership and History:

ExKa copy has bookplate of Grenville Kane, who purchased this book from Giuseppe Martini in 1921.